Summer Camps For Kids Entering Fourth through Tenth Grade

FULL STEAM AHEAD CAMPS

While our camps for younger children introduce campers to scientific ideas, these camps give older kids a chance to put those ideas to work. Full STEAM Ahead campers will have just as much fun as their younger counterparts, and they’ll also be challenged to use real science and creativity to explore our Universe together.

NASA’s Apollo missions inspired generations of scientists, engineers, authors, and filmmakers. This year, as we celebrate five decades since the Apollo missions put human footprints on the Moon, campers will explore Earth’s cosmic companion and the technology, ingenuity, and imagination that made it possible.

Astro-botics Camp

Astro-botics Camp Logistics

Challenge yourself this summer! Telescope viewing, lunch by Lake Michigan and cutting-edge sky shows—all unique to the Adler—are the perfect setting for Astro-botics. Based on age and ability, campers will be exposed to the process of designing, building, testing and redesigning as they use multiple types of robotics to overcome escalating challenges. They’ll make connections between the robotic programming they’ve learned and the many types of robotics used in space exploration. Astro-botics is collaborative in nature; campers will work together in pairs or small groups to conquer each robotics challenge.

Astro-botics Camp Sessions

Sessions for Fourth and Fifth Grade (in Fall 2019)

June 17-21
June 24-28
July 15-19

Sessions for Sixth and Seventh Grade (in Fall 2019)

July 8-12
July 29 – August 2

Skyshow Camp

You’ve seen the amazing sky shows the Adler has to offer, now you can make one! In the course of one week, campers will work in teams of four to create sky shows, from storyboarding through presenting on the dome of the Grainger Sky Theater. Campers will work with Adler’s visualization, show production, and theater experts throughout the week. The week will wrap with a showcase as campers present their shows to their families.

Mission Near Space Camp

Mission Near Space Camp Logistics

If you choose to accept this mission, you will become part of a unique team of engineers and astronomers whose goal is to prepare, launch, track, and retrieve a scientific payload sent to the stratosphere aboard a high altitude balloon. The week ends with a showcase in which participants present their exploration results to family members.